I Saw You

I wrote it last year, when my friend had a band and I offered to write lyrics for them. I never went on to properly writing the tune down (but I still have it in my head) because some people stole the notebook that had the lyrics in and started laughing at it. However, do NOT let anyone defeat you.

Chorus: Before I saw you My life was just fine Before I saw you My life was so divine Before I saw you I was free So why did it change When I saw you?

One day When I saw you I was just laughing When I saw you Just like usual When I saw you I had everything I needed

When I saw you I just had to love When I saw you My friends and family So why could that ever change? Coz before I saw you…

So that day When I saw you My heart hammered When I saw you I lost control When I saw you I thought maybe When I saw you I might be good enough When I saw you I thought maybe When I saw you You would see me Coz before…

When I saw you There came the change When I saw you I needed to know you When I saw you And all those I loved When I saw you I saw them no more When I saw you I didn’t wanna see them?! Coz before…

When I saw you You musta noticed Coz when I saw you You talked to me And when I saw you You fooled me And when I saw you I was happy And when I saw you I knew it was you! And before…

I was so blind When I saw you Someone else saw you too When I saw you They saw me blind When I saw you They came up to me So when I saw you They explained to me When I saw you The whole thing’s a joke.

So before I saw you My life was just fine Before I saw you My life was so divine Before I saw you I was free So why did it change When I saw you

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